In Tamil Nadu, major banana growing districts are Coimbatore, Theni, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari. Major banana market centres in Tamil Nadu are at Coimbatore, Theni, Trichy, Tirunelveli and Cuddalore, among them Trichy ranks first. The scanty rainfall this year, has adversely affected the production of banana leading to an imbalance between the supply and demand.
The Price Forecasting Scheme of Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has analyzed the 15 year’s monthly selling price of Poovan, Karpooravalli and ten year’s monthly prices of Nendhran banana of Coimbatore. Hence farmers are advised to take note of the above market advisory before harvesting their produce.
The result of the analysis and traders survey indicated that all the varieties such as Poovan, Karpooravalli and Nendhran prices will be stable during February - March, 2017 and the expected average farm gate price would be Rs.13 - 15 Per kg for Poovan; Rs.18 - 20 for Karpooravalli and Rs.36 - 38 per kg for Nendhran in the Coimbatore market.